- American Importers Accuse Shipping Giants of Profiteering https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/business/shipping-container-shortage.html 11 comments economics
- Coca-Cola is so desperate for freight space it’s importing ingredients on coal ships https://finance.yahoo.com/m/d1724b22-770b-3d2a-b8ea-fd318733dd75/coca-cola-is-so-desperate-for.html 4 comments business
- Several ships carrying cargoes of sorghum from the United States to China have changed course since Beijing slapped hefty anti-dumping deposits on U.S. imports of the grain https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-sorghum-exclusive/exclusive-u-s-sorghum-armada-u-turns-at-sea-after-china-tariffs-iduskbn1hr03z 5 comments worldnews
- US grain ships change course after China slaps on import levies http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2142535/us-grain-ships-change-course-sea-after-china-slaps 6 comments worldnews
- Argentina urges UK imports ban, turns away cruise ships as tensions rise with the upcoming 30th year anniversary of the Falklands War http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17200528 13 comments worldnews
- Has anyone shipped used laptop/phone through courier? Did you pay import duty? https://www.reddit.com/r/pakistan/comments/ad5w3i/has_anyone_shipped_used_laptopphone_through/ 5 comments pakistan
- [Nightengale] Ichiro working out on his own equipment in a shipping container imported to camp from Japan. https://twitter.com/bnightengale/status/837732168575102976 69 comments baseball
- Spain to import more gas by sea – a difficult operation in the midst of a shipping crisis https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2021-11-02/spain-to-import-more-gas-by-sea-a-difficult-operation-in-the-midst-of-a-shipping-crisis.html 5 comments europe
- Russian aircraft including bombers, fly over important ships in the US Fleet. My theory is it is more like tourism than a threat! http://www.cnn.com/2009/world/asiapcf/03/19/us.russia.planes/index.html 3 comments reddit.com
- North Korean ships head home after China bans coal imports from North Korea http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-china-northkorea-coal-exclusive-idukkbn17d0da?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social 9 comments worldnews
- Navio Escola Sagres - The most important training ship in Portuguese´s Navy http://media.revistadevinhos.pt/artigos/imagens/686.jpg 2 comments europe
- Nest CEO Tony Fadell on the iPod, iPhone, and the importance of shipping products | VentureBeat | Business http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/28/how-the-father-of-the-ipod-iphone-and-nest-became-a-tech-visionary/ 8 comments apple
- Russian ISS supply ship in trouble, will this mean even greater importance of the SpaceX missions? http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/04/28/breaking-russians-scramble-to-restore-cargo-ship-communications/ 281 comments spacex
- What’s the true cost of retail giants shipping your junk across the ocean? Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships. https://grist.org/climate/the-true-cost-of-shipping-junk-across-ocean-walmart-target/ 3 comments environment
- Thailand will stop importing cheap electronic and plastic waste. The initiative comes after massive amounts of waste from the US, EU, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan had been shipped to Thailand following China’s waste import ban https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-moves-to-ban-importing-e-waste-and-plastic/a-45103610 14 comments worldnews
- I want to sell niche products that will be imported from Japan, how do I find warehouse and container from oversea to consolidate & ship? https://www.reddit.com/r/ecommerce/comments/7akkyy/i_want_to_sell_niche_products_that_will_be/ 6 comments ecommerce
- Trans-Pacific Container Market Surging, The surge in imports from Asia that has caught carriers and their customers by surprise will continue at least into the autumn peak-shipping season, says a shipping executive. http://www.joc.com/maritime/trans-pacific-container-market-surging 3 comments business
- Boatswain's mates are sailors the way Infantryman are soldiers - I met up with a BM-1 on the Ike who taught me why BMs are so important. I was very impressed with the professionalism and technical abilities of the BMs on the ship. https://youtube.com/shorts/8bybu_tlATM?feature=share 57 comments navy
- Three ships carrying U.S. ethanol head to China. The shipments may surpass the total amount of U.S. ethanol that China imported last year, a positive development for the U.S. ethanol industry, which has seen decreased demand because of the coronavirus pandemic and the U.S.-China trade war. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ethanol-china-exclusive/exclusive-three-ships-carrying-u-s-ethanol-head-to-china-sources-idukkbn2b02jn 18 comments worldnews
- Europe's Most Important River Risks a Repeat of Historic Shutdown: Looming heatwave raises fears that last year’s halt to Rhine shipping could happen again. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-23/the-rhine-river-risks-a-repeat-of-last-year-s-historic-shutdown 4 comments europe
- The man running the world’s largest container-shipping company says he has access to data that shows Trump has so far failed to wean the U.S. off Chinese imports: Soren Skou says Chinese exports to the U.S. actually grew 5-10% last quarter. Meanwhile U.S. exports to China fell by 25-30% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/maersk-ceo-reveals-ironic-twist-in-u-s-trade-war-with-china? 1588 comments worldnews
- North Korea 'violating sanctions and illegally smuggling petroleum products', US claims - US claims that Pyongyang is importing refined petroleum through illegal ship-to-ship transfers https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korea-sanctions-petroleum-us-mike-pompeo-un-petrol-a8457771.html 5 comments worldnews
- United States Files Civil Action To Forfeit Thousands Of Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby - "Cuneiform Tablets Were Falsely Labeled as Product “Samples” and Shipped to Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Two Corporate Affiliates" https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/united-states-files-civil-action-forfeit-thousands-ancient-iraqi-artifacts-imported 309 comments worldnews
- The Parable of the Ship: The Importance of Knowledge in Political Decision-making - a short reading from Plato's Republic http://www.philosophyforbeginners.com/2017/03/28/parable-ship-importance-knowledge-political-decision-making-short-reading-platos-republic/ 89 comments philosophy
- "Apparently it is more important to save the Greeks and liberated countries than the Indians and there is reluctance either to provide shipping or to reduce stocks in this country," http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/10/how_churchill_starved_india.html 3 comments worldnews
- This might be Trump’s most inflationary, economically destructive idea yet. His policy team is scheming to devalue the US dollar. The objective is to boost exports and reduce imports. Deliberately trying to weaken our currency would open a Pandora’s shipping container of disastrous consequences. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/04/16/trump-devalue-dollar-inflation-economy/ 26 comments economy
- Russian-annexed Crimea showers Syria with wheat, Ukraine cries foul – Using a low-profile fleet of ships under U.S. sanctions, Syria has this year sharply increased wheat imports from Ukraine’s Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea in the Black Sea https://www.reuters.com/world/russian-annexed-crimea-showers-syria-with-wheat-ukraine-cries-foul-2022-12-19/ 22 comments worldnews
- Swiss customs data show over 3 tons of gold – worth about $200 million – were shipped from Russia to Switzerland in May. Switzerland’s gold refiners said its members didn’t import gold from Russia last month, raising questions about who bought Russia’s precious metals https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-23/swiss-gold-refiners-say-they-didn-t-import-mystery-russian-metal 71 comments worldnews
- Poland interested in cooperation with Portugal on LNG trans-shipping - Portugal could play an important role in aiding to secure European energy independence from Russia with Poland being the first country to oficialize this, in the next few days Germany should follow https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/poland-interested-cooperation-with-portugal-lng-trans-shipping-2022-05-20/ 25 comments europe
- Thailand has spiked a Chinese-led plan to blast 60 miles of rocks and dredge the Mekong river in northern Thailand to open up a shipping lane, in a rare victory for activists fighting to preserve Southeast Asia's most important waterway https://www.france24.com/en/20200205-thais-spike-china-led-plan-to-dredge-mekong-river 94 comments worldnews
- Malaysia has sent back 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to mostly wealthier nations, saying it would not be world's "garbage dump". The region has been flooded with plastic from more developed economies such as the US and Britain since 2018, after China ordered a halt to most imports. http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/malaysia-says-won-t-be-garbage-dump-as-it-returns-waste/article/565566 336 comments worldnews
- Japan will send a helicopter-equipped destroyer and two P-3C patrol planes to protect Japanese ships in the Middle East as the situation in the region, from which it sources nearly 90% of its crude oil imports, remains volatile, Japan’s top government spokesman said on Friday. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-iran-japan/japan-to-send-warship-aircraft-to-middle-east-to-protect-vessels-iduskbn1yv00w 12 comments worldnews
- Indonesia has returned shipping containers of illegally imported waste to France and Hong Kong, marking the latest move by a Southeast Asian nation to send back rubbish to their wealthy places of origin https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2019/07/30/indonesia-returns-containers-of-waste-to-france-hk/ 72 comments worldnews
- U.S. Soybean Cargo Races to Beat China Tariff - A ship carrying U.S. soybeans is steaming toward northern China in a race to beat a 25 percent tariff. Peak Pegasus is expected to arrive in Dalian on Friday, the same day that China is scheduled to impose tariffs on imports from the U.S. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/down-to-the-wire-u-s-soybean-cargo-races-to-beat-china-tariff 3 comments worldnews
- China has announced plans to develop shipping lanes through the Arctic to become a "Polar Silk Route". Beijing said global warming meant viable routes through the Arctic would become important for international trade. China would work with Russia and other Arctic countries to develop the route. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-42833178 22 comments worldnews
- The docking of six North Korean ships at a port in northern China has raised questions over a Chinese ban on coal imports from the nuclear-armed state http://us.cnn.com/2017/04/21/asia/china-north-korea-coal/index.html 17 comments worldnews
- Napoleon's Cannons, Guns, Pistols Found by Russian Dive Team in Egypt's Alexandria - From the ship 'Le Patriot', part of his 1798 fleet, the discovery near Pharos Island in the eastern harbor sheds more light on the importance of the location. http://english.ahram.org.eg/newscontent/9/40/104416/heritage/ancient-egypt/french-weaponry-found-by-russian-dive-team-in-egyp.aspx 3 comments worldnews
- " This is a nonsense fact. In his counting of ships, Romney equates gunboats with aircraft carriers and torpedo boats with nuclear-powered submarines. For such an important speech, one would think the candidate would resolve to use the most relevant facts possible." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/romneys-claim-that-the-navy-is-as-small-as-in-1916/2012/10/08/6f47e6d6-1191-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_blog.html 62 comments politics
- Member of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee said on Monday that the military was set to practice its ability to close the Gulf to shipping at the narrow Strait of Hormuz, the most important oil transit channel in the world, but there was no official confirmation. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/12/us-iran-hormuz-idustre7bb0ph20111212 89 comments worldnews
- Alaska Man Gets Life For Importing Meth From Mexico - Ricky Reese's past felony convictions for drug trafficking and the large quantity of methamphetamine shipped to him meant he faced a mandatory federal sentence of life behind bars. http://www.adn.com/2011/04/22/1823982/wasilla-man-gets-life-in-drug.html 3 comments politics
